Show I 1 FINI FIND basketball SLOWER WITH AGE most of dash and tear have been taken out of game basketball Baske basketball iball possibly Is the only game that gets slower as it gets better the old bull i ln n n achi nash game has haa about passed out rule images changes cutting down body contact guarding from behind charging have token taken most of the dash and tear out of the g game ame it lias has become more cautious exact and intelligent although less exciting and interesting intel getting a basket now Is like maneuvering neu vering the ung king into position for a double jump tu in checkers once the play Is setup set up the defense Is helpless without fouling apparently the slow scientific game of today should be easier on the players during the strain of a season long campaign but some of them say it lant in the old days dais a fellow had a lot of fun playing for his bis shots today he lias has so no much specific technical work to do that it becomes a grind the modern game however gives an individual player a better chance nce to improve his game than the old style in which natural ability was the tha only factor that counted scientific gives a man so much more to work on than tile old game gaine did that flat L fellow Is pretty ure sure to 10 le bo abla N to learn to do at least a hard few of its features well with hard wol noi k h detroit can probably claim tile the fastest s t pair of catch catchers ets in the majors both are recruits george rensa and bill Ste hicke either Is fast enough to be loud oft off men roger Br banahan nahan who Is coaching them used to be leadoff lead off ok batter for or the new york giants ile he and mickey cochrane of the philadelphia athletics are aie the only two catchers ever used as leadon leadoff lead off on batters in the majors rensa ima Is a bit faster aster than but either of them will probably reach first as fast as any man on the team with the possible exception of roy boy johnson lefty left white sox outfielder ben sankey pirate rookie shortstop and hal lee brooklyn rookie outfielder got in some advance training with the alabama poly baseball squad jack sharkey was once known as big ski to his mates in the navy these were tho the boys who really put jack sharkey into his present occupation perceiving his perfect and robust build the tars of the good old united states navy demanded that sharkey take part in regular ring contests sharkey was not willing at first when he found himself knocking over opponents he soon agreed that his buddies had picked the right profession for film ile he started upon the career of a professional boxer immediately upon being discharged from the navy in 1824 1924 bob shawkey may be the high and mighty manager of the new york fork baseball ba team but he la Is forced to look up at a new member of the form force his name Is freddy asbeck asbeck who pitched tor for tho the university of varsity nine standa six feet six inches in his socks he weighs pounds Is twenty two years old and Is a decided rig right bt hander bander ile he Is being crowned the camera of baseball of all that host of great pitchers who once harried the babe ruths baths of baseball tile spitball throwers th rowers only four will start the training season this year one of these jack quinn Is forty four years of age and last campaign it appeared that he had all but reached tile the journeys end red faber of tile the white sox sos Is forty one old and it Is evident that he too will soon boon cease to carry on there are two other spitball artists still serving comparative youngsters they are clarence mitchell Ml of the cardinals thirty nine and burleigh Burl elgh grimes of the pirates it if he signs who Is thirty six orton smith winner of 17 open tournaments in the last 14 months including the french open will function as a it a professional for the new cragston yacht and country club now being built on the former J P morgans estate near west point N 1 connie mack black ts Is the most interviewed man in baseball today but he always manages to say something different for instance the As will go to the post as they left it in the fall they were going then like the greatest team I 1 had ever seen and that was the team of 1029 john mcgraw works hla his glants giants cold days as well as aa warm to accustom them to the cooler climate in their i own home town neres heres a wee item that should be of interest to the hot stovers much fias baa been said and written about the cost of babe the yankees tn in the original output for his services i and the salaries that have been paid hirn him since leaving the red sox sor so much for ruth As we have said the yanks bought him for 12 Is ii that such a tremendous amoun amount well all 0 webb murphy paid for the old cubs back in 1005 was and that team stepped out and won tour four championships |